Does stress response predict return rate in a migratory bird species? A study of American redstarts and their non-breeding habitat

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1672, 2009, Pages 3545-3551

  Angelier, Frédéric ^a,c   Holberton, Rebecca L ^b   Marra, Peter P ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Environmental context; Habitat; Stress; Survival

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HORMONE; LIFE CYCLE; MANGROVE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SCRUB; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; HABITAT; MANGROVE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUB; SEASON; STRESS; SURVIVAL; WINTER;

AVES; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SETOPHAGA; SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; ECOSYSTEM; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 70349624124     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0868     Document Type: Article

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